A Weld County family discovered a dead bear on Wednesday morning in a ditch near their feedlot northwest of Greeley, and wildlife officials believe it’s the same bear that spent Monday napping in a tree along U.S. 34.

Liz and Nate Hergert said their grandfather discovered the small bear, apparently hit by a vehicle, next to their farm on Weld County Road 27 north of Colorado 392. Nate Hergert said officials from Colorado Parks and Wildlife picked up the bear’s body Wednesday morning.

“It’s kind of unusual for me to start off my day by looking in a ditch at a bear,” Hergert said.

Jennifer Churchill, spokeswoman for Colorado Parks and Wildlife, said officers believe the body they recovered Wednesday morning is that of the bear that surprised a Johnstown family early Monday morning. The bear took refuge in a tree along U.S. 34 at Weld 17, where he stayed all day Monday before heading south that evening.

The owners of Boulder’s Sterling University Peaks apartments, who this summer were cited for illegally subdividing 92 bedrooms in the complex, have reached an agreement to settle the case for $410,000, the city announced Thursday.